Expedition to the Last Treasures of the Indian Ocean
The endless expanses of the Indian Ocean are home to the last natural paradises: Remote atolls surrounded by coral reefs in crystal clear water.
Whole regions of this ocean are still unexplored, many reefs are not marked on any map. The departure of the research vessel Agulhas II from the island of La Réunion marks the beginning of one of the greatest scientific adventures of our time.
The expedition, initiated by Monaco Explorations with the support of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, lasted six weeks and led into the Western Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Plateau. On board are one hundred experts who are among the world’s elite marine scientists. On their mission, they discover never-before-seen creatures. Several hundreds of gigabytes of data are still waiting to be processed, but one thing is already certain: the expedition will help to better understand the physics and biology of the oceans and thus the consequences of global warming.
90:00 minutes (english, german)
2 × 45:00 minutes (english):
Episode 1: From La Réunion to the Seychelles
Episode 2: The Sunken Islands of Saya de Malha
Written and directed by Harald Pokieser. Photography by Sven Bender, Filip Kulisev, Sylvain Peroumal, Tim Teichmann. Video editing by Jörg Achatz. Producer services by Cosmos Factory. Produced by Autentic GmbH. Partners: TV Monaco, ARTE/ZDF. First broadcast by ARTE, October 7th, 2023, 8.15 p.m. (90:00 minutes)